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GQPEPERQ CABLE RAILWAY.

Patented Nov. 8,:1887.

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G. PEPER.

CABLE RAILWAY.

No. 372,866. A

' Patented Nov. 8, 1887 N. Firms, Pimo-Lnhngmpmr. wnshinglum D. C.

PATENT EEIcE.

CHRISTIAN PEPEE, or ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CABLE RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,866, dated November8, 1887.

Application tiled May 23, 1&8?. Serial No. Q39,119. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.: I

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN PEPER, of the city of St. Louis, in theState of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCable Railways, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and in Figure I is a top or plan view'showing a section or portion of my imp roved railway. Fig. II is atransverse vertical section taken on line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is atransverse section t-hrough the road at one of the wells that connectwiththe sewer. Fig. IV is a perspective view, of one of the chairs. Fig.V is a similar view showing a slight modification of a chair which ismore particularly intendedto be used at thejoints of the yoke. Fig. VIis a detail section showing a modification. VII is a detail verticalsection'.

My invention relates to certain improvements in cable railways; and itconsists in'f'eatures of novelty, hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the road-bed, 2 the track-rails,and 3 the conduit, of a cable railway.

My invention relates to the chairs for supporting the conduit and themanner of securing the conduit to the chairs.

4 represents one of the chairs made as shown in Fig. IV,consisting,preferably,of two triangular pieces or standards connected bya web or portion, 5.

Each standard of the chair is preferably made double, the two partsbeing slightly separated and preferably connected together both by aweb, 7 at bottom and the block 10, hereinafter described, at top.

The conduit is made in two portions of inverted-L shape incross-section, one portion fitting against each inner wall,6,of thechair, as shown in Fig. II.

The web 5 of each chair is provided with flanges or lugs 7, betweenwhich'and the walls or faces 6 of the chair the lower edges of theconduit-plates fit, as shown in Fig. II, and are held from lateralmovement. The conduitplates are connected to the. upper portion of thechair by means of rods 8,passing through perforations 9 in blocks 10,the blocks fitting Flg.

in notches 11 of the chair and having notches l2,which fit underprojections 13 above the notches 11. Beneath the notches 11 are fiatsurfaces 14 on the chairs, upon which the bottoms of the blocks tit. Theblocks are thus held from lateral movement on the chairs by the tonguesor projections 13, iitting in the notches l2, and they are held fromvertical movement by the tongues 13 and the shoulders or surfaces 14..The boltsS firmly connect the yokes to the blocks; and it will be seenthat for the frost to close the slot of the yoke by theexpansion of thestreet,it will be necessary for it to bend or break the chairs, which,if made strong, as they should be, it is thought will be practicallyimpossible. In case it is desired to remove a section ofthe conduit, itis only necessary'to remove the nuts from the bolts 8, when the blocks10 can be pulled off the bolts and then asection can be lifted up. Withthis arrangement the condnit.- sections can be cheaply and durably heldin place.r

In Fig. V,I have shown a form of chair intended primarily to be used atthe joints of the conduit-sections, the difference between this and themain form being that the two walls ofeach side ofthe chair are connectedby means of a-cross web or portion, 17, which would be slotted at 18 forthe passage of the bolts 8; and with this arrangement the blocks l0could be dispensed with, the heads of the bolts fitting against theouter walls of the webs or portions 17.

InV Fig. VI, I have shown another modification,wherein the blocks 10 aredispensed with and the bolts S are passed directly through the verticalwalls of the chairs. This section is taken on line VI VI, Fig. V, withthe perforations for permitting the passage of the bolts added, and thewalls of the chair also made thicker to give the necessary strengthwhere such holes are used.

It will be seen that there is no connection whatever between the conduitand the roadbed, so that the former can be removed at any time withoutdisturbing or interfering with the latter.

In Fig. VII, I have shown a track-chair, 19, to be attached to the chair4 by means of a bolt, 20, or by other suitable means, and have shownplates 2l,within the track-chair,over which a plate, 22, may rest, andon top of this the track- ICO rail may be placed. This manner ofsupporting the rails may be used, if desired, in lieu of the chairs 4.

I claim as my invention- I. A chair for supporting the tube orconduitirons, having on each side two pieces forming standards connectedtogether, the double standards on both sides being further connectedtogether by a web, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the tube or conduit plates, a chair having its twosides connected bya web and each side having two parts or standards, aconnection between the two parts or standards on each side, and boltsuniting said connection to said slot or conduit plates, substantially asset forth.

3. In a cable railway, in combination with a tube orconduit, a chair,4,consisting oftwo portions, blocks fitting in the upper ends of thechair,and bolts connecting the tube structures to the chairs by passing`through perforations in the blocks, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

4. In acable railway, in combination with a tube or conduit, a chairniade in two portions,

notches forming shoulders 14. and projections 13 on the chair, notchedblocks fitting in the notches of the chair, and bolts connecting thetube or conduit to the chair by passing through perforatons in theblocks, substantially as set forth.

5. ln a cable railway, in combination with the tube or conduit plates, achair formed of two triangular portions connected by a web, notches 1lin the upper portions of the chair, forming shoulders 14,and projectionsl3,blocks having notches 12 and perforations 9, and bolts passingthrough the perforations in the blocks and connecting the tube orconduit plates to the chair, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

6. In a cable railway, in combination with the chairs 4 and tube orconduit plates 3, made substantially as described, track-chairs 19,plates 2l and 22, and track-rails 2, substan- 45 tially as set forth.

CHRISTIAN PEPER. In presence of- Gno. H. KNIGHT, EDw. S. KNIGHT.

